{"id":27202,"date":"2017-11-08T15:25:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T20:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=27202"},"modified":"2017-11-14T15:09:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T20:09:11","slug":"rita-aleman-named-lubar-center-program-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2017\/11\/rita-aleman-named-lubar-center-program-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Rita Aleman Named Lubar Center Program Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WISN<\/a>Rita Aleman has been named the program manager of Marquette Law School\u2019s new Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education.<\/p>\n

Since early 2016, Aleman has been executive producer for \u201cMatter of Fact with Soledad O\u2019Brien,\u201d a Hearst Television weekly political news magazine based in Washington, D.C. Aleman was executive producer for special projects at WISN 12 television in Milwaukee from 2002 to 2016.<\/p>\n

In her new role, Aleman will work with colleagues at the Law School to create, organize, and carry out events of the Lubar Center and extend the center\u2019s reach, including an increased presence on the internet. Aleman is scheduled to begin work in January.<\/p>\n

The Lubar Center\u2019s work encompasses\u00a0a wide range of public policy programs<\/a>. They include the \u201cOn the Issues with Mike Gousha\u201d series of moderated conversations with leaders and newsmakers; the Marquette Law School Poll; and conferences and programs on education, water policy, and other major issues. The\u00a0launch event for the Lubar Center in October<\/a>included introduction of the Milwaukee Area Project, which will be a long-term exploration of issues and trends shaping life in the five-county Milwaukee area.<\/p>\n

The Lubar Center is funded by a $7 million endowment from\u00a0Milwaukee business and philanthropic leaders Sheldon and Marianne Lubar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While working at WISN, Aleman led Hearst\u2019s collaboration with the Law School and Milwaukee Public Television on statewide broadcast of several debates between candidates for Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator. \u201cRita Aleman is well known to us at Marquette Law School and in broadcast journalism in this region,\u201d said Dean Joseph D. Kearney in announcing the appointment, \u201cand she has a national profile as well. We very much look forward to Rita\u2019s being part of the Lubar Center.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aleman, a Wisconsin native, has a degree in political science from Marquette University and a master\u2019s in journalism and mass communication from the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rita Aleman has been named the program manager of Marquette Law School\u2019s new Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education. Since early 2016, Aleman has been executive producer for \u201cMatter of Fact with Soledad O\u2019Brien,\u201d a Hearst Television weekly political news magazine based in Washington, D.C. 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